The fact that the US government, the world's largest economy, announced its support for the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine, which is considered a long step forward by supporters of this initiative, and an impetus. force for the negotiation process on this issue among countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
However, the European Union (EU) last week submitted to the WTO a plan that it believes will expand vaccine production more effectively than stopping copyright protection.
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